Dear members I've been reluctant to join this thread, as much of what I have to say doesn't involve bulbs, but here goes. Here in western Oregon, we are supposed to have resident populations of hummingbirds. In my garden they show up early with the quince and flowering current, then I don't see them again until the new crop of babies hatch and leave the nest. They love Crocosmia Lucifer, and gladiolus hybrids. Early in the summer they frequent the honeysuckle (Lonicera periclemena) with yellow and white flowers. Later they seem almost to ignore it. Kniphofias, red hot pokers, were planted to attract them, and do a little, but not as much as hoped. Perhaps when there are a lot of them flowering, and over a long period of time, it will be better. The plants that they fight over, perch in, stay around all day are the Butterfly bushes, Buddleia hybrids, both white and purple. Yellow hybrids and B. globosa seem less attractive. Once the Buddleias start to flower, there will be hummingbirds, although they do make trips to other flowers. They do leave the Butterfly bushes to visit the Crocosmias, for instance, but return and stay near them most of the time. One thing to remember is that they need more than nectar, they eat small insects--which is why I'm surprised that the kniphofias are less attractive. Kniphofias always have small insects in the flowers. Ken